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Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Gwyn Thomas, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenlyn Parry, Dic Jones, Tecwyn Lloyd, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Rowland Mathias a Meic Stephens. Ceir cyfeiriadau at sefydlu Cymdeithas Awduron Cymru ac Adran Saesneg yr Academi Gymreig.

The file comprises mainly of correspondence, 1968-1969, relating to the preliminary meeting and other early meetings of the English Language Section of the Academi. The preliminary meeting was arranged by Meic Stephens and the file includes invitations sent out by him, letters of reply, and letters commenting on this first meeting. The file also includes letters inviting writers to become members of the Academi, their replies and lists of those writers who have accepted or declined membership. There are a few references to discussions about the establishment of a new English language literary magazine, an idea which was rejected for the time being. There are letters from and references to, many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Alexander Cordell, Brenda Chamberlain, Tony Conran, Rhys Davies, Tudor David, Menna Gallie, Bryn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffith, Gwenallt, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, Emyr Humphreys, A. G. Prys Jones, David Jones, Dedwydd Jones, Glyn Jones, Gwyn Jones, Jack Jones, John Idris Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, Roland Mathias, Leslie Norris, John Ormond, Alun Owen, D. Parry-Jones, Cecil Price, Alun Richards, Gwyn Thomas, R. S. Thomas, John Tripp, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Harri Webb, Gwyn Williams, Herbert Williams, John Stuart Williams and Raymond Williams.

The file contains correspondence, 1972, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi. Correspondents include Alexander Cordell, Glyn Jones, Alison Bielski, Roland Mathias, Cyril Hodges, Harri Webb, Gwyn Jones, Robert Morgan and A. G. Prys Jones.

The file includes correspondence, 1977, with many prominent Anglo-Welsh writers including Gwyn Williams and Roland Mathias.

The file contains correspondence regarding proposed changes to membership structure together with a draft report on membership by Glyn Jones. Correspondents include G. O. Jones, Roland Mathias and Belinda Humfery who had specific complaints about the present system. The file also contains a few election nomination forms.

The Writing in Wales Welsh Academy resource pack for schools was published in 1986 with the support of the Welsh Arts Council and the assistance of the Polytechnic of Wales. The pack was edited by Tony Curtis and Cliff James and contributers included Gillian Clarke, Jonah Jones and Roland Mathias.
The group contains various correspondence, papers and drafts of articles prepared for the Writing in Wales Welsh Academy Research pack.

Includes letters from Enid Luff (4); Christine Evans (2); Raymond Garlick; Caryl Davies; Angela Morton (2, including a poem); Mavis Carter (5); Liz Ashurst; Esther de Waal; Jean Earle (4); Gladys Mary Coles; Margaret Merritt (9); Mary Lloyd Jones (2); Maura Dooley; Diana Hendry; Lynne Rees (8); Roger Garfitt; Elwyn Evans; Judith Thwaite (enclosing two poems); Ruth Bidgood; David T. Lloyd (2); Patricia V. Dawson; Roland Mathias (2); Ann Byrne-Sutton (poem); Berenice Moore; Geoffrey Bould; Dylan Jones (2); Justin Todd; Emyr Humphreys; Phil Clark (2); M. Wynn Thomas; Tony Conran; Lesley Grant-Adamson (3); Sue Moules (2); John Emyr; Neil Nuttall; Sheenagh Pugh; and Menna Elfyn.

Correspondence, mostly concerning articles, stories and poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Steve Griffiths (2); A. G. Prys-Jones; Greg Hill; Ronald Lowe; Mike Jenkins; John Pikoulis (5); Sylvia Kantaris (2); Ruth Bidgood (4); Pauline Stainer (2); William Cooke; John Tripp; William Sherman; Gwyn O. Jones (3); Jennifer Drake-Brockman (4); Alun Llewellyn (4); Jacqueline Banerjee (5); Gweno Lewis; Meic Stephens; Chris O'Neill (2); Edward Larrissy; Anthony Conran; Raymond Garlick (2); D. Graham Jenkins (2); Stephen Tunnicliffe; Edward Levy (6); Belinda Humfrey (3); Richard Poole (2); Roland Mathias; Roger Stephens Jones; Colin Wilcockson (3); Susanne M. Dumbleton; Raymond J. Cormier (3); Hugh McKinley; Edward Neill; Ruth Pryor (2); Angela G. Dorenkamp; Ned Thomas; H. Morgan Waidson (4); Linden Peach; Peter Slater; Patrick Thomas (2); Dominic J. Hart (2); Richard A. Davies (3); Frederick Grice (6); Frances Meredith (2); Robert Nisbet; Graham Jones (3); and Cecil Price. The file also includes photocopies of a letter by W. H. Davies, 1907, and an editorial from Welsh Outlook, 1917. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias with copies of replies by him.

The file comprises 322 letters to Sam Adams, from Graham Allen (11), Ruth Bidgood (9), Alison Bielski (5), Duncan Bush (4), Joseph Clancy (6), Gillian Clarke (7), Tony Curtis (8), John Davies (13), Jon Dressel (7), Raymond Garlick (11), Jeremy Hooker (36), B. S. Johnson (4), Glyn Jones (15), Roland Mathias (60), Robert Morgan (21), Leslie Norris (44), John Ormond (5), Philip Pacey (15), Alun Rees (11), John Tripp (13), and Harri Webb (16). -- The correspondence mainly relates to poetry, especially Poetry Wales, The Triskel poets series, Ten Anglo-Welsh poets (1974), and to the anthology of short stories, The Shining Pyramid (1970). There are also copies of poems by B. S. Johnson, Leslie Norris, and John Tripp; English translations by Joseph Clancy of poems by Bobi Jones; and biographical information provided by Graham Allen, Alison Bielski, Gillian Clarke, John Davies, Robert Morgan and Alun Rees.

The file comprises papers, [1972], [1979]-1980, [1985], and 1987-1989, relating to The Collected Poems of A. G. Prys-Jones, ed. by Don Dale-Jones (Llandysul, 1988), which includes a foreword by Glyn Jones. The file mainly consists of correspondence between Don Dale-Jones and Glyn Jones, 1987-1989, mostly regarding the anthology; with a typescript draft of the foreword, 1980; and typescript copies of the contents and introduction to the work, entitled 'Selected poems', by Don Dale-Jones, 1985 and 1987. Also included is a draft letter from Glyn Jones to Roland Mathias.

The file comprises an incomplete typescript with some manuscript amendments, [1963], and correspondence, 1963-1966, 1968, 1971, including draft letters by Glyn Jones, relating to The Island of Apples (London, 1965), together with papers, 1990 and 1992-1994, pertaining to the revised edition (Cardiff, 1992). Most of the letters are from the literary agents, Laurence Pollinger Ltd, and publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and Gwyn Jones, Elwyn Evans, Kate Roberts, Belinda Humfrey and Roland Mathias are among the correspondents. Also included are related papers regarding the publication of the novel.

The file comprises papers, [1950]-1990 (with gaps), relating to various poetry and prose readings and performances which include poems by Glyn Jones, and events which he arranged or in which he participated. These include notes for a reading by Glyn Jones which appears to have been delivered during the funeral or memorial service of Gwyn Thomas, 1981; a passage from The valley, the city, the village, [?1987]; and notes for a reading by Glyn Jones on the occasion of Roland Mathias's 75th birthday, 1990. A number of events were presented by, or in association with, the Arts Council of Great Britain Welsh Committee and later the Welsh Arts Council. The file also contains programmes, correspondence and notes, including a draft review of the poetry festival, Poetry at the Mermaid, pertaining to poetry festivals held in England, 1954 and 1961.

Papurau amrywiol (1931-2017), gan gynnwys nodiadau llawysgrif a drafftiau, teipysgrifau, a phroflenni, yn ymwneud â nofelau a gweithiau rhyddiaith gyhoeddedig a heb ei chyhoeddi gan Emyr Humphreys ac eraill. / Various papers (1931-2017), including manuscript notes and drafts, typescripts, and proofs, relating to novels and prose works by Emyr Humphreys and others.

Papurau yn ymwneud ag Ymddiriedolaeth Taliesin a phrydles Tŷ Newydd, yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru ac Ymddiriedolaeth Taliesin (1989), copïau drafft o brydles Tŷ Newydd a gweithredoedd ymddiriedolaeth (1989), copi o’r weithred ymddiriedolaeth (1990), a nodiadau a threfniadau (1989); ynghyd â nodiadau llawysgrif yn llaw Emyr Humphreys yn dwyn y teitl ‘Canol y Cwmwd’ ([?1985]), a gwahoddiad i Emyr Humphreys roi sgwrs i’r Ymddiriedolaeth (1993). Mae'r ffeil hefyd yn cynnwys llun (heb ddyddiad); nodiadau pellach gyda’r teitl ‘Text for Billing’ (heb eu dyddio); llythyrau oddi wrth M. A. R. Kemp (1989) ac R. Alun Evans (1990); a chopi o erthygl gan Roland Mathias o’r enw ‘Emyr Humphreys’, yn manylu ar ei weithiau llenyddol ([1980]). / Papers relating to The Taliesin Trust and the lease of Tŷ Newydd, comprising letters from the Welsh Arts Council and The Taliesin Trust (1989), draft copies of the Tŷ Newydd lease and trust deeds (1989), a copy of the trust deed (1990), and notes & arrangements (1989); together with manuscript notes in the hand of Emyr Humphreys titled ‘Canol y Cwmwd’ ([?1985]), and an invitation for Emyr Humphreys to give a talk for the Trust (1993). The file also includes a photo print (undated); further notes titled ‘Text for Billing’ (undated); letters from M. A. R. Kemp (1989) and R. Alun Evans (1990); and a copy of an article by Roland Mathias titled ‘Emyr Humphreys’, detailing his literary works ([1980]).

The file contains correspondence relating to the nominating and electing of members, 1976-1977, and a few nomination papers. Those elected were Bill Meilen, Gerard Casey, George Ewert Evans, Ioan Williams, Alison Morgan, Walford Davies, Bernice Rubens and Jon Dressel. The file also includes a letter from Roland Mathias giving his views on the nomination process.

The file contains letters, 1978, relating to Roland Mathias from various writers and lists of contributions towards a presentation on his retirement as the Chairman of the English Language Section of the Academi.

The file consists mostly of correspondence, 1987-1989, between the Academi's English Language Section administrator and its members. The file includes a resignation letter from Raymond Garlick over issues relating to the New Welsh Review. There is also correspondence with other prominent writers including Cary Archard, Christine Evans, Graham Thomas, Roland Mathias, Carl Tighe, Gillian Clarke and Robert Minhinnick.

Ink score in five parts, [1978], titled Opus 45: 'Canticle No.2: Five Poems of Roland Mathias for Voice & Piano'. The score was commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of 20th Century Music, with the assistance of the Welsh Arts Council.

Papers, 1930-1931 and 1980-1987 (with gaps), relating to Greg Hill’s publication Writers of Wales: Llewelyn Wyn Griffith (Cardiff: University of Wales Press on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council, 1984), consisting mainly of letters to Greg Hill, including letters from Hugh Wyn Griffith (5); Meic Stephens (7); June Gruffydd (1); Lowri Morgan (3); Richard Houdmont (1); and Susan Jenkins (3). The file also includes a cutting from The Anglo Welsh Review of a review of the book ([?1984]); a questionnaire filled in by Ben G. Jones of The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, about the life and work of Llewelyn Wyn Griffith ([?1980x1984]); copies of letters (1930-1931) to Gerald Hayes and to Llewelyn Wyn Griffith from Walter de la Mare (4); page proofs, (1983 and [1983]), with some corrections; a press cutting ([1983]); cuttings from British Book News (1984) and Llais Llyfrau (1987), including reviews of the publication by Roland Mathias and R. Gerallt Jones; and notes in the hand of Greg Hill ([1981]).

Manuscript vocal score of 'God is' (words by Roland Mathias), composed April 1975. Published in 'Three songs on poems' by the Mansel Thomas Trust, [1998?].